Services Australia scores ‘F’ in its annual report

Liberal Party of Australia

Services Australia’s recently released 2022-2023 annual report shows just how bad things are at the agency under Bill Shorten’s leadership.

The table below highlights key data from the report:

2021-2022 result

2022-2023 result

Change under Labor

Customer satisfaction

82.1 per cent

80.2 per cent

Down 1.9 per cent

Customers served within 15 minutes

68 per cent

60.8 per cent

Down 7.8 per cent

Work processed within timeliness standards

84.4 per cent

68.7 per cent

Down 15.7 per cent

Call wait times

55.9 per cent of customers who called the Social Security and Welfare phone line were answered within 15 minutes

Only 36 per cent of customers who called the Social Security and Welfare phone line were answered within 15 minutes

Down 19.9 per cent

“This data shows Services Australia has scored an ‘F’ across a range of key performance targets,” Shadow Minister for Government Services and the Digital Economy Paul Fletcher said.

“This agency desperately needs a leader who gets up every morning with a relentless focus on customer service. Bill Shorten is clearly not such a leader.

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